Incredibly cool photos of trains

[RichB]

Maxym said:

RichB said:

Thanks, didn't realise the 7s were tender engines and 8s tanks.
I think when I used to see the Golden Arrow at Waterloo it was a Merchant Navy at the front.

The Golden Arrow went from Victoria. Must have been another train. :-)

No, definitely the Golden Arrow, saw it often, it had a dedicated platform, must have been Victoria.
We used to buzz around all the London Termini. Dad worked for London Underground so we got very cheap tube travel meaning we could spend a day on the tube going from station to station to see what was going on. If we got bore we'd try to get into one of the sheds; Nine Elms, Stratford, Old Oak Common etc.

[Maxym]

RichB said:

No, definitely the Golden Arrow, saw it often, it had a dedicated platform, must have been Victoria.
We used to buzz around all the London Termini. Dad worked for London Underground so we got very cheap tube travel meaning we could spend a day on the tube going from station to station to see what was going on. If we got bore we'd try to get into one of the sheds; Nine Elms, Stratford, Old Oak Common etc.

I used to do that on a 5/-Twin Rover: Willesden, Old Oak, Southall, Feltham, Nine Elms (which I always managed to get into, despite its 'difficult' reputation). Happy days...

[Stedman]

meb90 said:

Stedman said:

I work on the ECDP; this is great to see!

Yes, me as well. Been working towards this move for a while so it is great to see it happen.

I believe we have worked a Test Train together on the NCL

[Maxym]

Stedman said:

I believe we have worked a Test Train together on the NCL

I’ve met a Stedman, works for DB Cargo….?

[Stedman]

Maxym said:

I’ve met a Stedman, works for DB Cargo….?

Interesting, certainly not me though!

[meb90]

Stedman said:

I believe we have worked a Test Train together on the NCL

That's where the name rings a bell! Yes, I think we did

[Yertis]

Maxym said:

I'm rather a BR Standard fan. The SR had quite a few. 73/75/76/80/82 and 84XXX. Good engines and good to work on.

And, finally, 77014 which was the very last active BR steam locomotive on the Southern.

[Maxym]

Yertis said:

And, finally, 77014 which was the very last active BR steam locomotive on the Southern.

Yes, true, though that was a foreigner parachuted in late on. The 77s were native to the Southern. Ironic that 77014 was the last active.

[CooperD]

A bit distant pic of the Royal Scot hauling an excursion train to Chesterfield passing through Bury St Edmunds this morning.

[cherryowen]

Napier Deltic gearing

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cherryowen said:

Napier Deltic gearing

That's wonderful!

(Machinery geek).

[Isimmo]

I’ve been going through my old photos.
I ‘think’ this is Kirkcaldy, circa 1986. Fitters strike, Haymarket, saw everything loco hauled.



VSOE Beaulieu Road, ‘83/84 ish.

[Isimmo]

Bristol, circa 1986


Shrewsbury, circa 1983

[Isimmo]

Couple more.

Weymouth Quay 1983

St Pancras 1983


Norwood 1988.


Liverpool St 1983


Littleport 1983


47438 Guildford 1992


All three types of cl33, Salisbury. Circa 1985